Drug Interactions between bedaquiline and ivacaftor / lumacaftor

GENERALLY AVOID: Coadministration with potent or moderate inducers of CYP450 3A4 may decrease the plasma concentrations of bedaquiline, which is primarily metabolized by CYP450 3A4 to the major N-monodesmethyl metabolite, M2. Because M2 is 4- to 6-fold less active than the parent drug in terms of antimycobacterial potency, the interaction may diminish the therapeutic effect of bedaquiline. In healthy volunteers, administration of a single 300 mg dose of bedaquiline in combination with rifampin 600 mg once daily for 21 days reduced bedaquiline systemic exposure (AUC) by 52% compared to administration alone. Another study involving healthy volunteers revealed a 20% decrease in the AUC and no change in the Cmax of bedaquiline (400 mg once) when administered with efavirenz (600 mg once daily for 27 days).

MANAGEMENT: The concomitant use of bedaquiline with potent or moderate CYP450 3A4 inducers should generally be avoided.

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GENERALLY AVOID: Coadministration of bedaquiline with other agents known to induce hepatotoxicity may potentiate the risk of liver injury. In clinical trials, hepatic adverse drug reactions developed in more bedaquiline-treated patients than in those who received other drugs used to treat tuberculosis. In patients receiving bedaquiline or placebo in combination with other drugs used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, reversible aminotransferase elevations of at least 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) developed more frequently in the bedaquiline treatment group [10.8%] than in the placebo group [5.7%].

MANAGEMENT: The use of bedaquiline with other potentially hepatotoxic agents should be avoided whenever possible (e.g., acetaminophen; alcohol; androgens and anabolic steroids; other antituberculous agents; azole antifungal agents; ACE inhibitors; disulfiram; endothelin receptor antagonists; ketolide and macrolide antibiotics; interferons; kinase inhibitors; minocycline; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; proteasome inhibitors; retinoids; sulfonamides; tamoxifen; thiazolidinediones; tolvaptan; vincristine; zileuton; anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine, hydantoins, felbamate, and valproic acid; lipid-lowering medications such as fenofibrate, lomitapide, mipomersen, niacin, and statins; herbals and nutritional supplements such as black cohosh, chaparral, comfrey, DHEA, kava, pennyroyal oil, and red yeast rice), especially in patients with diminished hepatic reserve. Patients treated with bedaquiline should have serum ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin monitored at baseline and monthly during treatment, or as often as needed. An increase of serum aminotransferases to greater than 3 times ULN should be followed by repeat testing within 48 hours. Patients should be advised to seek medical attention if they experience potential signs and symptoms of hepatotoxicity such as fever, rash, itching, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, malaise, right upper quadrant pain, dark urine, pale stools, and jaundice. Discontinue bedaquiline if aminotransferase elevations are accompanied by total bilirubin elevation greater than 2 times ULN, aminotransferase elevations are greater than 8 times ULN, or aminotransferase elevations persist beyond 2 weeks.

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